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Finally-long awaited range time
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<blockquote data-quote="meatyrem" data-source="post: 659801" data-attributes="member: 26633"><p>Had a good cool day and I said it's time to head to the range. Spent most of the day there and brought four of my rifles with me. </p><p>1. Varmint: 22-250</p><p>2. Deer: 280Rem</p><p>3. Larger Deer: 7mm Rum</p><p>4. Biggest Deer: 300 Rum</p><p>Chrony-CED M2 set at 15ft</p><p> </p><p>Varmint: Remington XR-100 Rangemaster-22-250 Rem 26" Leupold 6.5-20X40LR SF VHR 50gr Nosler Ballistic tip varmint</p><p>Second part to testing loads for this one, the first testing didn't do so well. I only had one group that would classify as a one hole group, but with very low velocity. So I decided further testing, and here is what I ened up with. </p><p>R-P cases</p><p>Primer-Fed 210</p><p>Nosler 50gr BT</p><p>Powder-Imr-4007ssc</p><p>OAL: 2.45"</p><p>Pic one is 41gr-Group .49"</p><p>Pic two is41.5gr-group .61</p><p>41gr-3815</p><p>41.5gr-3915</p><p> </p><p> [ATTACH]9933[/ATTACH]</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Deer: 280Rem Remington 700 CDL 24" Leupold 3-9X40 STD Plex</p><p>Standard deer rifle for whittail/Muley </p><p>R-P cases</p><p>Primer-Fed 210</p><p>Bullet-140 Accubond</p><p>Powder-H4831</p><p>OAL-3.38"</p><p>Starting at 54gr and working up, groups were not that great but acceptable. These are average velocities: </p><p>54gr-2720</p><p>55gr-2776</p><p>56gr-2837</p><p>56.5gr-2871</p><p>57gr-2853</p><p>57.5gr-2905 Good</p><p>58gr-2931 Good</p><p>58.5gr-2948 Best group </p><p>59gr-2976 Good</p><p> </p><p>Happy with the last three loads: Especially the 58.5gr best group yet. </p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH]9934[/ATTACH]</p><p> [ATTACH]9935[/ATTACH]</p><p>Larger Deer: 7mm RUM Remington 700 BDL SS 26" Leupold 4.5-14X40 Std duplex </p><p>Purpose: Long range Deer/Muley and larger</p><p>Cases-R-P</p><p>Primer-Fed 215</p><p>160 Accubond</p><p>Powder-US-869</p><p>OAL-3.65"</p><p>First range/load testing starting at 99gr US-869. Sometimes hard to get reads with muzzle blast. </p><p>98gr-na</p><p>98.5gr-3141</p><p>99gr-3145 Good-.58"</p><p>99.5gr-3173</p><p>100gr-3174 Good-.62"</p><p>100.5gr-3218</p><p>101gr-na</p><p>101.5gr-3245 Good-.48"</p><p>Pic 1-.58" Pic 2- .62" Pic 3-.48"</p><p>Had to stop at this point due to firing this and the 300 rum was getting fatigued. Still more testing not up to max yet. </p><p> </p><p> [ATTACH]9936[/ATTACH]</p><p> [ATTACH]9937[/ATTACH]</p><p>Biggest Deer: 300 RUM Remington 700 BDl SS 26" Swarovski 3-10X42 STD duplex</p><p>Purpose: Elk and larger long range deer/elk</p><p>Cases-R-P</p><p>Primer-Fed215</p><p>180 Scirocco</p><p>Powder-H1000</p><p>OAL-3.65"</p><p>This is a pic of the only decent group I could get, some other ones may qualify where I had two with in a half inch and a flyer to open it up to 1-3/4 to 2". I could have messed up on the one that opened the group up or could have been the loads. </p><p>92gr-3105</p><p>92.5gr-3118 No good 2"</p><p>93gr-3137 Ok 1.19"</p><p>93.5gr-3158</p><p>94gr-3161 no good</p><p>94.5gr-3208 OK .79"</p><p>Stopped there because I ran out of time and had enough of the shoulder pounding (300 rum and 7mm rum) made it a long day. Still more to test as I am not at max. Have three more loads to go. Will see if I can get better than my last group. If not I have retumbo sitting there waiting. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH]9932[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="meatyrem, post: 659801, member: 26633"] Had a good cool day and I said it's time to head to the range. Spent most of the day there and brought four of my rifles with me. 1. Varmint: 22-250 2. Deer: 280Rem 3. Larger Deer: 7mm Rum 4. Biggest Deer: 300 Rum Chrony-CED M2 set at 15ft Varmint: Remington XR-100 Rangemaster-22-250 Rem 26" Leupold 6.5-20X40LR SF VHR 50gr Nosler Ballistic tip varmint Second part to testing loads for this one, the first testing didn't do so well. I only had one group that would classify as a one hole group, but with very low velocity. So I decided further testing, and here is what I ened up with. R-P cases Primer-Fed 210 Nosler 50gr BT Powder-Imr-4007ssc OAL: 2.45" Pic one is 41gr-Group .49" Pic two is41.5gr-group .61 41gr-3815 41.5gr-3915 [ATTACH]9933.vB[/ATTACH] Deer: 280Rem Remington 700 CDL 24" Leupold 3-9X40 STD Plex Standard deer rifle for whittail/Muley R-P cases Primer-Fed 210 Bullet-140 Accubond Powder-H4831 OAL-3.38" Starting at 54gr and working up, groups were not that great but acceptable. These are average velocities: 54gr-2720 55gr-2776 56gr-2837 56.5gr-2871 57gr-2853 57.5gr-2905 Good 58gr-2931 Good 58.5gr-2948 Best group 59gr-2976 Good Happy with the last three loads: Especially the 58.5gr best group yet. [ATTACH]9934.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]9935.vB[/ATTACH] Larger Deer: 7mm RUM Remington 700 BDL SS 26" Leupold 4.5-14X40 Std duplex Purpose: Long range Deer/Muley and larger Cases-R-P Primer-Fed 215 160 Accubond Powder-US-869 OAL-3.65" First range/load testing starting at 99gr US-869. Sometimes hard to get reads with muzzle blast. 98gr-na 98.5gr-3141 99gr-3145 Good-.58" 99.5gr-3173 100gr-3174 Good-.62" 100.5gr-3218 101gr-na 101.5gr-3245 Good-.48" Pic 1-.58" Pic 2- .62" Pic 3-.48" Had to stop at this point due to firing this and the 300 rum was getting fatigued. Still more testing not up to max yet. [ATTACH]9936.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]9937.vB[/ATTACH] Biggest Deer: 300 RUM Remington 700 BDl SS 26" Swarovski 3-10X42 STD duplex Purpose: Elk and larger long range deer/elk Cases-R-P Primer-Fed215 180 Scirocco Powder-H1000 OAL-3.65" This is a pic of the only decent group I could get, some other ones may qualify where I had two with in a half inch and a flyer to open it up to 1-3/4 to 2". I could have messed up on the one that opened the group up or could have been the loads. 92gr-3105 92.5gr-3118 No good 2" 93gr-3137 Ok 1.19" 93.5gr-3158 94gr-3161 no good 94.5gr-3208 OK .79" Stopped there because I ran out of time and had enough of the shoulder pounding (300 rum and 7mm rum) made it a long day. Still more to test as I am not at max. Have three more loads to go. Will see if I can get better than my last group. If not I have retumbo sitting there waiting. [ATTACH]9932.vB[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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